OBITUARIES
Helen Niblett
September 7, 2018
Martha Helen Niblett, 80, died Friday, September 7, 2018 at Diversicare in Tupelo. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois May 3, 1938 to William and Myrtle Burks Mills and had been a long-time resident of Tupelo. She retired from Action Industries in Verona after working as a sewing machine operator for over 35 years. She had also worked part time...
Adrian Wesley "Pete" Bertling, Jr.
September 7, 2018
Adrian Wesley "Pete" Bertling, 69, passed away Friday, September 7, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Austin, Texas December 21, 1948, to Adrian Wesley and Altha Boatwright Bertling. He grew up in Pasadena, Texas where he served as a Mason and was active in the Shriners Organization. He had been a resident...
Wilson Bud Foote, Jr.
September 6, 2018
Wilson Bud Foote, Jr., 84, died September 2, 2018 at his residence surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. A native of Amory, he was born January 31, 1934 to Wilson and Margie Foote. On March 7, 1959, he married Shirley Dodson. Early in life, he proudly served his country in the United States Army stationed in Panama as a...
Wilson Bud Foote, Jr.
September 2, 2018
Wilson Bud Foote, Jr., 84, died September 2, 2018 at his residence surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. A native of Amory, he was born January 31, 1934 to Wilson and Margie Foote. On March 7, 1959, he married Shirley Dodson. Early in life, he proudly served his country in the United States Army stationed in Panama as a...
Dorothy Easterling Coker
September 2, 2018
Dorothy Easterling Coker Birmingham Ridge Community- Dorothy Dale Coker, 93, went to be with her heavenly father Sunday, September 2, 2018 at home. A lifelong Birmingham Ridge Community native, Dorothy was born March 31, 1925 to Guy Easterling and Maxine Hendrix Easterling. In 1946, she married her Sailor sweet heart, Alvis Lenzy Coker. She was a homemaker who raised three...
James “Jim” T. Donald
September 1, 2018
James “Jim” T. Donald Tupelo- James “Jim” T. Donald, nicknamed "Tick", "Jimmy T." and also lovingly called "Big Daddy" has been welcomed Saturday, September 1, 2018 into the loving arms of God. Jim, age 89, was a man of many gifts. Never meeting a stranger was the gift that made him an excellent sales person, and brought him success as...
Betty J. Reeves
August 29, 2018
Betty J. Reeves, 87, departed for the Pearly Gates on Tuesday, August 29, 2018. She was born in Loretto, Tennessee on October 21, 1930 to Ernest and Margaret Koelsch. She attended Sacred Heart School, graduated from Loretto High School and also attended Beauty School in Nashville. She married Bob Hemmen in 1953 and had two sons, Robert and Joseph. While...
Shirley Lumpkin Goodman
August 26, 2018
Shirley Lumpkin Goodman, 82, died Sunday, August 26, 2018 at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. The daughter of Former Lt. Governor Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin and Shirley Steverson Lumpkin, she was born in Tupelo October 31, 1935. She attended St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee in the ninth grade and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1953....
Theodore "Ted" Gutches, Jr.
August 26, 2018
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday August 26, 2018 at Saltillo United Methodist Church.
Keith S. Vick
August 25, 2018
Keith S. Vick, 50, died Saturday, August 25, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Frances Green
August 22, 2018
Tupelo- Frances Evelyn Herndon Green, 83, died Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House. A native of Amory, she was born June 2, 1935 to James Felix and Jannie Nathalie Nichols Herndon. She was a 1953 graduate of Amory High School. She was married to Robert Oklen Green for nearly 59 years until his death on February 28, 2012....
Billie Goysich
August 20, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Theodore "Ted" Gutches, Jr.
August 19, 2018
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday August 26, 2018 at Saltillo United Methodist Church.
Margaret McDonald Stroud
August 16, 2018
Margaret McDonald Stroud Baldwyn- Margaret Ann McDonald Stroud, 61, peacefully went to be with her Heavenly Father Thursday, August 16, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Tupelo after an extended illness. She was born in Lake County, Tennessee, September 6, 1956 to Norman Edward and Marlene Brown McDonald. She grew up in Wetumpka, Alabama. She has been a Mississippi resident...
Maxwell Lomas
August 15, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Lewis C. Frazier, Jr.
August 14, 2018
Lewis Calvin Frazier, Jr., 85, died Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Gore Springs, January 3, 1933, to Louis Calvin and Eunice Minafore Frazier and was reared in the Duck Hill area. On April 13, 1957, he married the love of his life, Carolyn Hill and they shared 51 wonderful years together until...
Jo Ann Hood
August 13, 2018
Jo Ann Hood Mobile, Alabama, formerly of the Brewer Community - Jo Ann Hood, 81, went to be with the Lord Monday, August 13, 2018, surrounded by family at home. She was born April 11, 1937, to Henry and Mayme Lee Long Ellis. On June 27, 1988, she married James Hood and together they shared 12 wonderful years until his...
Patty Hollingsworth
August 13, 2018
Saltillo -- Patty Hollingsworth , 63, died Monday August 13, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Teresa Markiewicz
August 12, 2018
Lake Piomingo- Teresa Markiewicz, 60, left Earth for her eternal life with our Heavenly Father, August 8, 2018. She was born in Bath, Maine January 15, 1958 to John and Arlene Bailey. Teresa was a graduate of Morse High School. On September 16, 2000, she married Thomas Markiewicz and was a loving wife and mother. Early in life, Teresa worked...
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